We recently switched internet services (from XFinity to Fidium).XFinity is DHCP and Fidium is PPPoE.All worked great except for my wife's work laptop and it's VPN.Orbi was connected directly to Fidium's box (not router).It dropped 2-14x/day.The only way to fix it was to disconnect the Orbi and bring in a Fidium router and their extenders.Now my WiFi is less than stellar.Does anyone have any experience with this?Can I remove the Fidium extenders and somehow use the Orbi as extenders? Thanks in advance.

"You'll need to contact your ISP and ask them if there are any requirements they may have in regards to what may or may not be needed to connect the RBR directly to there ONT. "This is precisely how I run mine. ONT directly to my RBR850, works solidly. You can lose the Fidium equipment and save some money monthly.

mdjaskolka wrote: Can I remove the Fidium extenders and somehow use the Orbi as extenders? Certainly. The Orbi router can be connected to the Fidium router with an Ethernet cable. You have two choices: Use the Orbi as a router and recognize that there are some specific applications that will not be convenient to use because that results in a "Double NAT". Put the Orbi into Access Point (AP) mode, where the Fidium router controls all "router type functions" and all the Orbi does is provide a mesh WiFi.

I have attached the Orbi to the Fidium router but cannot log in to it. I am assuming I may have to do a factory reset. Can I assume that once I am able to log in to it again that setting it as an access point is in one of the menus? Thank you for the information.

mdjaskolka wrote:I have attached the Orbi to the Fidium router but cannot log in to it. I am assuming I may have to do a factory reset. Can I assume that once I am able to log in to it again that setting it as an access point is in one of the menus? Thank you for the information. A factory reset will not be an undue burden because in Access Point mode the only items you will need to set are the WiFi SSID/password and the admin password. Router / AP mode is on the Advanced Tab, Advanced Settings menu (at the bottom). Open that and Router / AP mode will show up.

Have done a factory reset and taken through one power cycle. Orbi is connected to Fidium router via cable from Fidium router WAN port to Orbi Internet port. Orbi blinks white light then goes to solid purple light. Unable to log in to any Orbi router page to change to access point. Have tried orbilogin.com, orbilogin.net, 192.168.1.1 and 10.0.0.1. Message given is that This site can’t be reached 192.168.1.1 took too long to respond. Try: Checking the connection Checking the proxy and the firewall Running Windows Network Diagnostics ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT I do not have any firewalls operating.

Orbi RBR750 (+2 satellites) and Fidium Internet

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CrimpOn
Guru
Jul 02, 2022
mdjaskolka wrote:

Can I remove the Fidium extenders and somehow use the Orbi as extenders?

Certainly. The Orbi router can be connected to the Fidium router with an Ethernet cable. You have two choices:

Use the Orbi as a router and recognize that there are some specific applications that will not be convenient to use because that results in a "Double NAT".

Put the Orbi into Access Point (AP) mode, where the Fidium router controls all "router type functions" and all the Orbi does is provide a mesh WiFi.
- mdjaskolka
  Aspirant
  Jul 02, 2022
  I have attached the Orbi to the Fidium router but cannot log in to it. I am assuming I may have to do a factory reset. Can I assume that once I am able to log in to it again that setting it as an access point is in one of the menus? Thank you for the information.
  - CrimpOn
    Guru
    Jul 02, 2022
    mdjaskolka wrote:
    I have attached the Orbi to the Fidium router but cannot log in to it. I am assuming I may have to do a factory reset. Can I assume that once I am able to log in to it again that setting it as an access point is in one of the menus? Thank you for the information.
    
    A factory reset will not be an undue burden because in Access Point mode the only items you will need to set are the WiFi SSID/password and the admin password.
    
    Router / AP mode is on the Advanced Tab, Advanced Settings menu (at the bottom). Open that and Router / AP mode will show up.
SSM995
Aspirant
Oct 20, 2022
Just had Fidium installed. ONT to Orbi RBR850 with a cat 6 ethernet cable. Plug and play, no modification of Orbi settings was necessary. Was using a Netgear cable modem to Orbi and Spectrum before this.
- FURRYe38
  Guru
  Oct 20, 2022
  Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
  https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
  Enjoy. 📡

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